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今天的主题是：Housing

• Are you renting an apartment?
• Are you living with some other interesting people in your rented apartment?
• Do you still live with your parents? How's the life with them?
• Are you a slave of your house?

Let's talk about our living condition now!

Key words

Living room

bath room

bedroom

kitchen

study

balcony

basement

garage

cellar

house

flat

apartment

room

security

safety

cost

transportation

neighborhood/school/hospital/entertainment/park…

Key expressions (From Tell Me More):

You want to rent a place to live.

How do you think you’ll find what you need?

Through an agency.

Newspaper ads.

By word of mouth.

What are you looking for exactly?

Neighborhood associations.

How many rooms do you need?

How many bedrooms?

You call an owner who seems to have something interesting available.

Do you have any places to rent?

I’m calling about the ad.

I do have an apartment on George Washington Avenue.

I would like more details.

It’s a nice, well-equipped, four-room apartment in a big building.

What’s the rent?

What floor is it on?

It’s a good deal, you know.

Can I visit it?

Which day is convenient for you?

Is today possible?

Tomorrow would do.

Twice as much as the rent.

There aren’t many cabinets.

Tongue twisters

Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, then Shott was shot, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott.

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